Setting up a Linux web server

[Gedd]

Does anyone have any basic information, or perhaps a link with a walkthrough, on setting up a basic linux web server? I need to set something up on one of my older computers on my internal network to do some PHP/MySQL web site testing, but I'm not really familiar with what's required in the least. The closest I've gotten to Linux is playing with a Knoppix CD I downloaded a year ago.

It would also be helpful if, using whatever setup I get, I can setup multiple "accounts," as if I had a bunch of completely different sites.

[Rip]

I've used various pieces of instructions here many times.

http://www.siliconvalleyccie.com/

Good Cisco info as well. I even get the newsletter. The forums are unfortunately only lightly traveled. Use the menu on the left.

[Gedd]

Thanks, Rip. I'm in the process of installing Fedora right now. It's been a pretty complex affair, but I'm going to at least blame the computer I'm trying to get it running on for now. It's a fairly old system, so it's most likely just unsupported hardware...

[Gedd]

Just a brief update...I struggled with Fedora Core 3 for a really long time trying to get it up and running the PHP and MySQL versions I wanted, but in the end I just couldn't get it to work. I ended up downloading Mandrake 10.1, and after spending a little time learning the UI (Fedora's was better) I'm good to go.

[Rip]

Good to hear. Now if you get ready for production pick something that directadmin works on and you will be ready to start building your datacenter

[SirReal]

For Linux, I use Gentoo.
The initial install is somewhat precarious if you're a newbie, but the instruction are clear and well written.
Then, installing things is a breeze, something like:

emerge apache
emerge mysql
emerge php